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pauLAW

pauLAW

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Hi

I currently have a samsung HD Ready 26" TV set up in my room for watching Sky and the PS3. I am looking to get myself a 37" and was looking for some advise on what you guys suggest?

I have around £400 to spend but the least the better and would like it to have the following.....

I would like it to be Full HD
Built in Freeview (is built in freeview HD possible?)
USB ports (not vital but helpful)
Samsung or LG are best?


Also do you think its worth me putting the 26" samsung on ebay as collection only? Its going to collect dust otherwise but I have no idea what its worth (deffo not the £620 I paid for it)

Thanks
 
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Its a tad over your budget but i just picked up a Phillips 37" from Richer sounds for £449 including a 5 year guarantee. Its a cracking picture, 100hz and far better than my old LG 32".
 
Well the main use of the TV will be for HD gaming, I have to sit to close to my 26" to see things :(

I might be able to stretch to around £450 if I get something for the TV I already have :)


Grimley how come you recommend I do it as cash on collection? Does make sense tho if they are coming to pick it up :P
 
Also to add to this....

Looking on Dixons website it gives me the option to select 100hz,200hz,400hz or 600hz (frame frequency)

Can someone please explain this to me? I just want to make sure I dont make any mistakes buying my TV......I would guess the frame frequency works the same way FPS does in a game? the more the better.
 
As far as I understand TV manufacturers use software to create additional frames by interpolation. In theory the more frames the smoother the picture you get and the less visible flicker from your TV (50Hz flicker from old CRTs can be v. noticeable). In reality the effect can be quite different - on my Panasonic Plasma I find the TV can still flicker when showing bright white scenes, despite being '600 Hz'. To be fair I think the 600Hz is made up of 12 50Hz subfields but it's still pretty misleading. The 'intellegent frame creation' Panasonic's image smoothing setting makes images look very flat - as if they've been shot on a cameracorder - personally I think they look much better with it turned off. Other systems from other manufacturer's may introduce similar effects or artefacts.
It's also worth bearing in mind that most of the TVs on display in a shop will be set to a 'shop' mode - designed to show off their greatest features against their competitors sitting next to them but sometimes at the expense of picture quality - they might need a bit of tweaking at home to get the best out of them.
 
Anyone else got any suggestions here?

37" TV, mainly used for gaming

Full HD, usb (if poss), Freeview HD built in......Can probally strech just over £400 but it would be nice to not go to high :)
 
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